moil
Toil and churn
Moil means to work hard, especially at tedious or dirty labor: They moiled in the fields from dawn to dusk.
The word is old-fashioned and literary.
Moil can also mean to churn or swirl in confusion: The crowd moiled around the entrance.
As a noun, moil refers to hard work or turmoil.
toil
Hard, boring work
- grindCrush into particles
- slogLaborious persistent effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- exertionVigorous physical effort
labor · work · travail · plod · slave · strain · fatigue · hardship
drudgery
Hard, boring work
exertion · labor · work · travail · plod · slave · strain · fatigue · hardship · tirelessness
swirl
Rotating, curving movement
froth · eddy · whirl · turbulence · agitate · muddy · murky · stir · billow · foam
tumult
Noisy, chaotic disturbance
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- unrestState of public disturbance
disturbance · ferment · agitation · disorder · pandemonium · bedlam · havoc · mayhem · disarray · uproar